Potassium bromate (KBrO3) is an oxidizing agent that has been used as a food additive, mainly in the bread-making process. Although adverse effects are not evident in animals fed bread-based diets made from flour treated with KBrO3, the agent is carcinogenic in rats and nephrotoxic in both man and experimental animals when given orally. It has been demonstrated that KBrO3 induces renal cell tum...

This study evaluates how the characteristics of activated carbon (AC) influence the adsorption–reduction of bromate (BrO3−) by performing inetic and isotherm tests. Experimental results reveal that both physical and chemical effects simultaneously affect the adsorption–reduction rocess. The wood-based carbons contained more mesopores than coconutand coal-based carbons, resulting in the adsorpti...

Worldwide water shortage increase and water quality depletion from microbial and chemical compounds, pose significant challenges for today's water treatment industry. Both the development of new advanced oxidation technologies, but also the enhancement of existing conventional technologies is of high interest. This study tested improvements to conventional ozonation that reduce the formation of...